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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1906

127 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 5 of 7

Polo Carnival

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 7 August 1906 · page 2

IT is August again, and the whirr of wheels, the thud of numberless hoofs on the stony streets, the hum of voices, peals of merry laughter, and loud…

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Fair Criticism. the American Idea

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 7 August 1906 · page 4

There is an interesting illustration on the subject of the freedom of the American Press in a case referred to by the "Atlantic Monthly." The three sisters…

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Polo Carnival

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 4

OWING to the absence of portion of our staff, and the receipt of a large job printing order which demanded immediate despatch, we regret having been…

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Fruit Exhibition in London. Victorian Exhibits Successful

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 3

At the second of the series of fruit shows in London, the Victorian exhibits obtained the highest award. The shows are being held under the auspices of the…

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Odds and Ends a Fair Exchange

Manilla Express · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 3

A MAN who had purchased some currant buns at a bakery was distressed, on starting to sat one to find that it contained a fly. Returning to the bakery, he made…

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BOSTOCK & Wombwell's Circus and Menageric a Grand Show

The Moree News · Tuesday 14 August 1906 · page 2

This worlderenowoed troops of entertainers arrived by special train in Moree yesterday morning, and early in the day two huge marques…

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The Stud Sheep Fair

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 August 1906 · page 4

The oldest wool linn in Australia, Messrs. Goldsbrough Mort and Co., Ltd., have had the satisfaction of recording another great success in…

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Fair Play. Wanted in Work

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 3

I hardly know anything more strange than that you recognise honesty in play, and you do not in work. In your lightest games, you have always…

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German Art in London. Show at Knightsbridge

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 3

The exhibition of modern German art at the Princess Gallery, Knights-bridge, is due to the spontaneous desire of British artists who have…

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Fruit Exhibition in London. V[?]an Exhibits Successful

The Moree News · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 4

N[?]h s[?] of the series of fruit shows on London, the Victorian exhib[?] obtained the highest award The shows are to be held under the ausp[?] of the…

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Fair Criticism. the American Idea

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 3

There is an interesting Illustration on the subject of the freedom of the American Press in a case referred to by the "Atlantic Monthly." The three sisters…

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Singleton Show

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

The entries for the forthcoming Singleton Show, which closed on the 15th instant, show a considerable decrease on the previous year, although…

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Fair Play [?] in Work

The Moree News · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 2

I hardly know anything more strange than that you [?] and you not in work. In your lightest games, you have always…

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The Fair Cynic

The Moree News · Tuesday 4 September 1906 · page 3

The [?] says she's [?] of things Awaking or asleep. And if the dream of life [?] It [?] make her weep…

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Exhibition of Minerals

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 6

An exhibition of minerals at the Royal Exchange, Sydney, was opened on Monday by the Minister of Mines and Agriculture. The collection of…

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Fair Play

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 3

A group of American commercial travellers were telling yarns on the subject of hospitality, when one of them took up his parable thus:…

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The Girl Who Did Nothing. Fable of Fair and Unfair

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 3

"And what do you go in for, Sir John?" said Mrs Mildmay across the lunch-table. "Oh, I'll take claret, thanks!" I said…

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Fair Play

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 3

A group of American commercial travellers were telling yarns on the subject of hospitality, when one of them took up his parable thus:…

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Railway Collision As Show. American Sensation

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 7

After a tedious wait of three Hours, 40,000 persons witnessed a pre-arranged collision between locomotives at Brighton Beach racecourse to-day…

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The Girl Who Did Nothing. Fable of Fair and Unfair

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 3

"And what do you go in for, Sir John?" said Mrs Mildmay across the lunch-table. I "Oh, I'll take claret, thanks!" I said…

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